The Darndest Things

I know you've all heard it, "Kids say the darndest things." And I'd venture a guess that you're in complete agreement with that statement, but in case you're not, let me share a few of Jonah's "darndest things" as of late.

After a full day of Sunday school, church, lunch at Grandma's with cousins, and church again, Jonah and I were sitting at the kitchen table getting ready for bed (corn-starch, meds, etc.---normal nightly routine). While sitting there, Jonah was sharing things about his day with me (don't you just love when your kids do that!). This is how part of that “conversation” went (I say conversation with quotes because it was really more of a monolog than a dialog as is often the case when Jonah is sharing things).

JONAH: (talking about Olivia & Levi playing Temple Run on Olivia’s ipod while at Grandma’s) They never let me play! 
(with even more expression) They don’t think I know how to play! 
(with even more totally exasperated expression)   How am I ever going to get better if they don’t let me play? 
(at this point, he’s getting pure emotional about the seriousness of this situation)  When I get older, my son may save up his money and buy an ipod.  He might download the game Temple Run and I’m not even going to know how to play it.  (his voice is almost quivering and he’s practically in tears over his pain of this situation)
PAUSE (now with calmness returned to his voice in a very matter-of-fact way he says)  Might happen, might not.


And kids DO the darndest thing as well.  Jonah had gotten himself dressed for church yesterday and was in the living room waiting for us.  Jake walked into the living room and looked at him and said, “I think you might need to go look in the mirror, Son.”  So, Jonah walks to the mirror, looks at himself and says (in all seriousness), “What?”

So, let me ask you, do you see anything wrong here?

How about now... does the back view help?

And if that wasn’t bad enough, he got himself dressed again after lunch (same clothes) and came out this time with the shirt backwards AND inside-out!  How can you not know something is wrong when it’s not winter and you’re wearing a turtle neck?!

Okay, so one last thing… this time it’s one of Jonah’s deep thoughts that he amazes us with on a regular basis.

The other night while getting ready for bed, Jonah says to Jake, “Dad, you know what happens when Jesus comes into your heart?”

Jake, “What?”

Jonah, “Your heart stops beating just for a second.   Jesus comes in and it beats real loud!”

He continues, “He stands outside knocking and you need to let Him in because He won’t always knock.  Someday He’ll put up a wall where you can’t get to Him.  So when He’s knocking you need to let Him in.”

And that, Folks, pretty much sums it up! J  From the mouth of babes…